enconding problem

[farukcse]

Dear Sir,

i am using apache 1.3.33 - php 4.3.10 - mysql 4.1.9.
now i want to use update apache php and mysql versions via XAMMP.
when i am storing data in updated mysql database i can't see arabic characters for previous data. but for new data this is not making any problem.
i checked via phpmyadmin and i see that it shows the arabice characters properly but in my php scripts it does not show properly.i am using ajax technique to view data.
i set configuration in php ,mysql and html pages like as:

1.default_charset = "UTF-8"[php.ini]
2.[im my.ini]

[mysqld]

datadir=${path}/mysql/data
basedir=${path}/mysql
bind-address=127.0.0.1
; Uncomment for use on USB key
; skip-innodb
default-character-set=utf8
[client]
default-character-set=utf8
3.
[in html/php pages]
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

so can you tell me how can i fix this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Faruk Chowdhury.

[Atli]

Hi.

You need to make sure that the data is being passed using the correct charset the entire way.

I mean, if you are passing the data through AJAX, it is not enough to just set the Content-Type of the page to the correct charset. You must make sure the data passed through AJAX is also in the correct format.